But I still hold AAF will not turn a wheel for the private sector's account - or at least how I would define such. Those people have their hands in Tallahassee's purse, and maybe the service Miami West Palm might turn a wheel, and get a good public acceptance, but that is when they cash in chips "up North". The track expansions have been limited to Miami and West Palm, but if the S. Fla. ports are to be ready for the "surge" of post-PANAMAX traffic they expect, those improvements will be needed.
All told, I hold the capacity expansion is simply a means to garner public funding so the Port of Miami can be competitive in a post-PANAMAX world. AAF will simply fade away.
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I have a lot more faith in a project that has a defined route, that has trains being built, that has stations being (re)built, and shows progress than a railway to "nowhere but eventually somewhere via some place we don't know just yet" that has both a highly questionable budget and questionable funding source.
But yes, maybe an existing factory could turn out a few more trains rather than some foreign enterprise setting up a local factory for 3 years and then closing down with the loss of jobs because they ran out of trains to build (I've seen this elsewhere in the world).
-------------------- Geoff M. Posts: 2426 | From: Apple Valley, CA | Registered: Sep 2000
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Geoff Mayo: [QB] I have a lot more faith in a project that has a defined route, that has trains being built, that has stations being (re)built, and shows progress than a railway to "nowhere but eventually somewhere via some place we don't know just yet" that has both a highly questionable budget and questionable funding source.
*** Give us a hint, Geoff. Somewhere in Calif.?
Richard
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